Combination hoe and plow.



W. B. WILLIS.

COMBINATION HOE AND PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1911.

1,032,719, Patented July 16,1912.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B; WILLIS, IB-A LACIOS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR 'OF ONE-HALF TO VICTORE.

' MELBERG, OF PALACIOS, TEXAS.

coMnINATIon HOE AND PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rate tea .rul ic, 1912.

Application filed September 25,1911. Serial No.,6 51,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. WILLIs, a citizen of the United States,resid ng at Palacios, in the county of Matagorda and a weeding hoe andsod cutter.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved hoe and edgetrimmer by means of which in addition to its ordinary use it will sopenetrate the earth as to cause the roots of grass and weeds turned upthereby to lie in'the sun and out of position o that they cannot takeroot again.

The inventlon conslsts of an improved hoe and edge trnnmer constructedas herelnafter set forth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view of animproved hoe and edge trimmer constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar View in cross section on the line XX,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the tool with the mold board removed. Fig.4: is a blank from which the cutting blades of the tool are formed.

In carrying out the invention the tool is formed with an upright blade 1having a front are shaped cutting edge 2 and with a horizontal blade 3extending laterally from the upright blade 2 and provided with a frontcutting edge 4 located at an incline to the plane of the blade 1 andwith a side cutting edge 5 located at an angle to the cutting edge 4 andwith a rear cutting edge 6 located at an angle to the inclined verticalrear cutting edge 7 of the blade 1.

The two blades just described are formed from a metal blank 8 having theseveral cutting edges 2, 4:, 5, 6, and 7 as hereinbefore described, saidblank being bent up on the diagonal line 8 extending across the blank,so as to bring the blades 1 and 3 into the relative positions described.The blank 8 is formed with the rivet holes 9 located so as to beadjacent to the front edge of the blade 3 and with the rivet holes 10located so as to be adjacent to the rear edge 7 of the .blade 1. Securedto the blade '3 by rivets 11 extending through the rivet holes 9'is amold board 12 which extends over the top of theblade 3 in the positionshown in Fig. 1 with the mold board projecting from one side beyond thecutting edge 5 of the blade 3. A pole handle 14 is provided which issecured at one end in a metallic socket 15 provided with a plate 16which is riveted to the blade 1 by means of rivets extending through therivet holes 10 therein.

The handle 14; is inclined to the blades as shown and is in line withthe plane of the blade 1. The arrangement -of the several inclined edgesof the blades adapt the sald edges to operate with a shear or draw cut,.

said cutting edges being inclined to the line of thrust or pull upon thehandle. The horizontal blade may be used as a hoe for weeding and isoperated by thrusting and pulling the same back and forth so that it maybe conveniently used to weed about plants and close to fences and thelike. The upright blade assists the operation of the hoe when used as aweeder since it cuts through the ground so that the horizontal blade maybe easily thrust or pulled through the ground. The upright blade is alsoused as an edge trimmer for lawns, flower beds, or the like by thrustingit forward or pulling it backward bringing either its front curved edge2 or its rear edge 7 into play. In addition to the function of the toolas just described the mold board 12 serves to turn the roots of grassand weeds up to the sun and let them lie so that they cannot take rootagain and is also very useful for throwing soil up to plants.

What I claim is 1. A combined hoe and edge trimmer comprising an uprightblade having a front are shaped cutting edge and a rear cutting edgeinclined in a vertical plane, and a horizontal blade projecting from theupright blade and having front, side and rear inclined cutting edges,and a mold board secured adjacent the forward edge of said horizontalblade and projecting laterally above the side cutting edge of thehorizontal blade.

2. A combined hoe and edge trimmer comprising an upright blade having afront are shaped cutting edge and a rear cutting edge inclined in avertical plane, and a horizontal blade projecting from the bottom of theup right blade at an angle thereto and having Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents, Washington, D. C.

from the upright blade, the end of the mold board projecting laterallyacross the cutting edge of the horizontal blade, said mold board furtherterminating short of the rear edges of the upright and horizontalblades.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIALE B. WILLIS.

Witnesses:

O. L. SPARKS, F. G. STUMP.

